Nation's first religious charter school gets final approval from Oklahoma board... At this stage, only a court order could forbid St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Charter School from opening.

oklahoman.com/story/news/202…

Atheists asked a public school teacher to remove a Christian display in her classroom.

The district agreed it was inappropriate.

Now, Ryan Walters, Oklahoma’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, says that request amounted to “state-sponsored atheism.”

friendlyatheist.com/p/oklahoma-edu…

The decades-long rise of the nones — a diverse, hard-to-summarize group — is one of the most talked about phenomena in U.S. religion.

religionnews.com/2023/10/09/ame…

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Good!  She should never had forced her religion on students in the first place.  The students are the victims, not her.
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TODAY: The Secular Student Alliance at the University of Texas San Antonio is hosting Anthony Magnabosco from Street Epistemology! You won't wanna miss this!

One year from launch, SSA brings you unprecedented access to NASA's Europa Clipper Mission! The building of Earth’s first probe to Jupiter’s moon, where we hope to find out if life as we know it exists on other worlds. RSVP at secularstudents.org/webinars

'In a sweeping package of stories, photos and video, The Associated Press Religion Team takes an in-depth look at how this phenomenon is playing out in several of these countries.'

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Nonbelievers in Nigeria said they perennially have been treated as second-class citizens in the deeply religious country.

religionnews.com/2023/10/09/an-…

GSAs Are Giving LGBTQ+ Students a Place to Fight For Their Rights: Amid an onslaught of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, these student organizations are more than just safe spaces.

them.us/story/why-gsas…

One year from launch, SSA brings you unprecedented access to NASA's Europa Clipper Mission! The building of Earth’s first probe to Jupiter’s moon, where we hope to find out if life as we know it exists on other worlds. RSVP at secularstudents.org/webinars

'The erasure of Indigenous peoples from colonial maps was deliberate.'

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A new report on Arkansas' voucher program reveals how millions of taxpayer dollars have been spent almost entirely on private religious schools.

Many of those kids were *already attending* private schools.

My analysis: friendlyatheist.com/p/report-arkan…

Ding!

Some Christian pastors and politicians argue that school prayer would prevent children from identifying as transgender. LGBTQ+ rights advocates are fighting back.

nbcnews.com/news/us-news/c…

❤️ Andrew Miller Leland Melvin

Chapter restart! We're excited to welcome back an SSA chapter to Iowa State University! We look forward to an awesome school year full of community, advocacy, service and education.

You can find an SSA chapter near you or start a new one at bit.ly/SSAchapters.

😂 Sarah Andersen

'1. Respect people’s pronouns. This is really not very complicated! If someone tells you how they identify, you have no say on the matter. Use the pronouns they use.'

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